The "Justice" System

After reading Matt Vancourt's blog on the Texas Prison system I was appalled at how bad it has gotten. I knew and had heard about all the drugs and cell phones being in there but one has to wonder how they get in there with such tight "security." I'm not surprised at all that its the prison guards that are responsible, I mean with strip searches and other procedures to check the inmates for contraband it has to be the guards that let it through. However, Matt mentioned how prison guards don't make much money and according to KXAN news a prisoner was recorded telling his father over the phone that they make a mere $7.50 an hour. That is utterly outrageous for someone that works in such a dangerous place. Their jobs can not be easy or enjoyable at all just for the fact that they are surrounded by people are there for not following the rules in the first place. I don't blame the guards for having to smuggle in items to make a decent living or just to make a enough to get by. At $7.50 an hour a guy with a family of four could not support them. I think Matt is right about paying our guards more, especially for the fact that they have to do the dirty work of containing the criminals who disregard the system in the first place. Maybe if they were taken better care of they would try to keep the prisons rules enforced instead of just adding to the amount of corruption and contraband within, in order to make a decent living.